• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Need FCP Compressor Help

  Posted by Dan Herz on October 27, 2008 at 4:11 pm

  I have a FCP project that is 16:9 HDV. I want to compress it using Compressor to use as a web video. I will also need a version for DVD. My problem is when I compress the 16:9 video from FCP, the compressed video ends up squeezed and distorted. I would like the final compressed version to be 16:9. Not sure where to change settings to achieve this. Any help would be appreciated.

  Thanks

  Dan Herz replied 17 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Simon Hustings

  October 27, 2008 at 4:21 pm

  Hey,
  You may need to change some settings under the geometry settings within Compressor. You will need to force a 16:9 Aspect Ratio. as you are ultimately going from rectangular pixels (that of broadcast) to square pixel for computer/web use. Geometry will also allow you to set frame size as I doubt you want to output full size HDV for online use.
  As for the DVD version, assuming you have selected the right Compressor preset (DVD Best Quality 90mins for example), once you take your outputted audio and video into DVDSP, it will display your visuals correctly. (Make sure your DVDSP assets are set to 16:9 Letterbox within DVDSP though!)
  Cheers,
  Simon
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  Dan Herz

  October 30, 2008 at 11:00 pm

  Can you explain how I change the settings under the geometry? I can not find the settings for this.
  Thanks

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